It is also downtown that the protest for the abolition of ICE, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The violent methods of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement are very controversial. Public opinion has been shocked by the images of migrant families separated at the Mexican border.
The «Sousaphones against hates», a brassband committed against Trump’s policy, welcomes the protesters in front of Daley Plaza Tower.
Several people speak from a platform. A priest preaches for charity, but the majority of the speakers are people presenting their organizations. Among them, there is a woman who has been fighting for years to recall an injustice: after the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, her family, yet integrated and naturalized, was brutally separated and locked up in a camp, just because they had Japanese origins.
Around me, Catholics carry a heavy icon of the Virgin, and Jews show pictures of the concentration camps. I can see Latinos, LGBTQ folks, grannies, African Americans, geeks, Asians, children, hippies, young executives and as many unclassifiables.
For over an hour, protesters respectfully listen to each speech, while carrying eavy cardboard panels under a blazing sun. Then we begin a walk. The colorfoul procession goes on, framed by the security barriers and the rows of skyscrapers.